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3 Background information Albania<br />

3.2.7 Involvement of donor organisations<br />

According to the Albanian water supply and sewerage Masterplan (Blaschke et al. 2011), around 13<br />

different donor organisations are working in Albania. This subchapter presents the main donors of the<br />

water and wastewater sector with focus on German cooperation.<br />

3.2.7.1 Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusamenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH<br />

GIZ is the German Development Agency and works since 2003 in Albania. Projects are numerous and<br />

include for example tourism and climate change projects. The focus of GIZ lies on water supply and<br />

sustainable economic development. At the moment, GIZ runs the “Water Sector Reform” programme in<br />

Albania and a programme for support of economy and promotion of employment. For the water and<br />

wastewater sector, four programmes could be identified that GIZ run in the past or is still running. These<br />

programmes are presented in Tabel 3.5 (p.21) with their title, programme period and the components if<br />

they had.<br />

Tabel 3.5: Overview over water sector projects of GIZ/GTZ between 2003 and 2012 in Albania<br />

Year Number Name Components<br />

2003 - 2007 2002.3513.5 “Support to the<br />

Commercialisation of<br />

Water Supply and<br />

Sewerage Enterprises in<br />

Albania”<br />

2008 –<br />

2009/2010/2011<br />

02.3513.5-<br />

022.00<br />

“Advice on the<br />

decentralisation of the<br />

Albanian water supply and<br />

sewerage sector”<br />

3 components:<br />

(1) Support the decentralisation<br />

process of the water and sanitation<br />

utilities from central to local<br />

government<br />

(2) Capacity development of the<br />

Association of the Water Supply and<br />

Sewerage Association (WSSAA)<br />

(3) Rise awareness and acceptance to<br />

low cost decentralised sanitation<br />

systems<br />

2009 – 2011 “Strengthening the Water<br />

Regulatory Authority<br />

(WRA)”<br />

21

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